Aegis J. Frumento joined Stern Tannenbaum & Bell in 2012. Mr. Frumento had been a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a partner and the co-head of the Financial Markets and Securities Litigation Groups of Duane Morris, LLP, and the managing partner of Singer Frumento LLP. Mr. Frumento began his career at Schulte, Roth & Zabel.
Mr. Frumento concentrates his practice in representing senior executives of public companies, private companies planning for initial public offerings, and SEC-regulated entities and persons. He has over 25-years’ experience litigating and arbitrating complex corporate, commercial and securities disputes, including extensive practice before the SEC, FINRA and other regulatory bodies. At Morgan Stanley, he headed the Executive Financial Services Department, which was responsible for legal compliance of sales of stock by all clients of the firm who were corporate insiders.
Mr. Frumento has tried jury and non-jury cases in all New York state and federal trial courts. He is a member of the United States Courts of Appeal for the 2d and 3d Circuits and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Frumento is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University Law School, and has an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, the highest rating awarded, by Martindale Hubbell. He has published over a dozen law review and other articles and has often appeared on professional panels speaking on securities law issues. He chaired the American Conference Institute’s Annual Forum on Broker-Dealer Arbitration in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
